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80TH YEAR, NO. 103
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ABILENE, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1960—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY 5e, SUNDAY 15e
SEN. KENNEDY, LEFT, VICE PRESIDENT NIXON
... handshake before debate
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Nixon, Kennedy
Dispute Method
CHICAGO 'AP)-The rival pres-
idential candidates clashed Mon-
day night in unprecedented debate
that left issues and positions un-
changed, the goals for America in
broad agreement, the methods of
reaching them in dispute.
Vice President Richard M. Nix-
on, the Republican nominee, and
Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Demo-
cratic standard bearer, quarreled
in public, before millions of tele-
vision viewers, over such things
as the farm problem and pay for
teachers.
At no time in the hour-long pro-
gram did the issue of Kennedy’s
Roman Catholic religion enter into
the discussions.
Progress Issue
Kennedy said be definitely isn’t
satisfied with the way things are
going in America and it must get
on the move once more. Nixon
challenged that. He said the coun-
Related story. Pg. 2-B
administration than in the Truman
regime.
Under the ground rules, the de-
bate was restricted almost com-
pletely to domestic affairs. It
ranged over such subjects as min-
imum wage, school construction,
cost of government, federal debt
reduction, medical care for the
aged, the economic race with Rus-
sia, Communist subversion in the
United States, and the relative ex-
perience of the two men.
Debate Said Good
And when it was all over, two
rather tense men relaxed a bit
and agreed that this "great de-
bate" was good for the country
and perhaps themselves.
"Very sharp exchanges,” Nixon
commented.
Kennedy nodded assent, and
added:
“Very useful.”
try is on the move, and that it
racked up more progress in nu-------. -,____
merous fields in the Eisenhower estimated that 65 million adults
Frank Stanton, president of the
Columbia Broadcasting System,
beard or saw the program via the
networks. He said that would be
a record for a political broadcast.
Actually, no new issues were
brought out in tonight's debate.
Same Potato
Kennedy, particularly in his
opening remarks, pretty much
made the same speech he has
been making from Portland,
Maine, to Portland, Ore.
Nixon, particularly in his an-
swers to questions, made the same
points he has been making from
Alabama to Hawaii.
Right at the start, Kennedy de-
clared:
“I should make it very clear
that I do not think we are doing
enough: that I am not satisfied
as an American with the progress
we are making."
He said, too, that he knows
"there are those who say that we
want to turn everything over to
the government. I don’t at all.”
And then at the end, the Demo-
cratic nominee said that if the
See NIXON, Pg. 2-A, Col. 1
CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL CASTRO
... during marathon UN speech
Noted Escaper
Does It Again
WHERE IT RAINED
How did Leach, who has a
By JOEL KIRKPATRICK
Reporter-News Staff Writer
“A masterpeice of confusion ping away from custody, get out
which won't happen again," is '
what Taylor County Sheriff J. D.
Woodard called the casual escape
widely - known reputation for slip-
of the Taylor County Jail?
ABILENE
Municipal Airport .......
Total for Year..........
Normal for Year ........
909 Hickory St. ..........
’ 426 Poplar ...............
5390 Taos ..............
582 E.N. 33rd ............
1026 Cedar ...............
LAKE ABILENE ..........
PHANTOM HILL LAKE...
KIRBY LAKE ............
..1.10
.18.25
.17.15
. 1.29
.1.90
. 110
• 1.36
. 1.30
..50
. 1.40
Castro Beats Revolt
from the County Jail at mid-after-
noon Friday by slippery ex-cin
David W. Leach, 34.
Sheriff Woodard said be had
been out of town and hadn’t known
about the escape until 8:30 a.m.
Monday
The red - faced sheriff said be
wasn’t trying to hide anything,
and he was sure his deputies
weren’t, although the escape was
embarrassing.
Maybe, though, somebody didn't
get the word, he admitted.
Loach's walkaway escape from
the county jail was brought to light
Sunday by a news tip from Colo-
rado City.
Woodard told the Reporter-News
Sunday night he knew nothing of
any such incident, but that he
was sure he would have been told
if such a thing happened.
Details of Escape Told
Asked specifically about Leach's
escape, the sheriff's office told de-
tails. Chief Deputy Sheriff Gil-
It was ridiculously simple.
He walked out when it appeared
that deputies had forgotten about
him.
Leach, who recently was re-
leased from the penitentiary,
where he had been serving a
year's sentence on an illegal pos-
session of a pistol charge, was
arrested and brought to the sher-
iff's office Friday, accused of
beating his wife.
He was charged with simple
assault.
Justice of the Peace Grady
Weir planned to hold a peace
bond hearing.
Brought to Jail Office
Jailer Arth Cleveland, Sheriff
Woodard said, brought Leach
from his cell on the second floor
of the jail to the jail office.
Two deputies were in the jail
office, and about 10 or 11 persons
were "standing around" waiting
to visit with prisoners.
Cleveland brought Leach out in-
to the office, and the prisoner sat
on a bench. Cleveland then went
to the jail kitchen to check on
bert Taylor said the escape wasn't
discovered until about 8 p.m. Fri-
day, about 4% hours after it hap-
pened.
Taylor admitted Monday he was
contacted Saturday by the Re-
porter-News and asked, among
other things, if any prisoners
bad escaped.
He said Monday “I thought you-
all already knew about it.”
Leach is still at large.
A spokesman at the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety said ...... .... ...... ... , ..
Monday evening that "although 4 p.m. to hold a plate of food for
everyone out here knows about it,"......
that the department — which
operates the highway patrol — had
not yet been officially notified of
Leach’s escape by the Sheriff’s
the evening meal for the prison*
ers.
The deputies apparently thought
he was being turned out, the Sher-
iff said.
Cleveland thought the deputies
had taken him over to Judge
Weir’s court, when he noticed him
missing.
So Cleveland passed the word
along to asst, jailer Jake Wasson
when Wasson came on duty at
Leach, since the prisoner was in
court, and would be brought back
soon.
Office.
Storm Damages
Miami Property
The food got cold.
At about 1 p.m. Wasson tele-
phoned Judge Weir, who hadn't
seen the prisoner, then he tele-
phoned Taylor.
Taylor said he told the sheriff
of the escape Monday morning.
Here's a little background on
Leach, which might have prompt-
ed Woodard's deputies to keep a
DYESS AFB ..........
ALBANY ...........
ANSON ...............
ASPERMONT .........
BAIRD ...............
BALLINGER ..........
BLACKWELL .......
BRECKENRIDGE .....
BUFFALO GAP .......
CISCO ................
LAKE CISCO .......
CLYDE ...............
COLORADO CITY.....
EASTLAND ..........
HAMLIN .............
HASKELL............
KNOX CITY...........
LAWN ................
LUEDERS...........
MORAN..............
MUNDAY ............
OVALO ................
PUTNAM .............
RISING STAR .........
ROBY ................
2 Miles East..........
ROTAN ...............
ROSCOE ..............
RULE ...•..............
SAN ANGELO ........
SNYDER .............
STAMFORD ...........
SWEETWATER .......
SYLVESTER..........
TUSCOLA .............
WINGATE ............
WINTERS ............
STATE RAINS
ARTHUR CITY ........
SHERMAN ............
LONGVIEW ...........
MINERAL WELLS .....
MARSHALL...........
AUSTIN ..............
FORT WORTH .........
DALLAS .............
TYLER................
WICHITA FALLS ......
Slow F
.....83
.... 80
...150
.....70
.... 1.20
.....40
.....40
.....1.00
1.40
.90
125
.06
Drums
Dag Appears
At UN Meeting
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
Cuba's Prime Minister Fidel
.50 Castro, applauded by Soviet dele-
.46 gates, made his U.N. debut Mon-
60 day night with a call for revolu-
2.00 tion throughout Latin-America
* and attacks on both U.S. presi.
......1.30
......1.50
.......60
......1.00
.......60
.......60
.....1.00
.....1 00
.......50
......1.50
......17
......02
.......67
.......80
.......80
......110
.......70
......50
.... . 5.48
......1.2
......3.97
.... 5.88
.......71
.......37
.......25
......3.25
.......96
dential candidates as ignorant and
politically brainless. He also
threatened to try pushing the
United States—by legal means-
out of its Guantanamo Bay naval
base.
Castro’s bitter attack on the
United States came at a moment
when President Eisenhower, play-
ing a leading role in a Western
counter-offensive against Soviet
demands to shake up the U.N.’s
structure, was appealing for
"calm voices” in the rising diplo-
matic crisis.
Castro Rebuked
The bearded revolutionary's ad-
dress at one point brought a re-
buke from General Assembly
President Frederick H. Boland of
Ireland for Castro's comments on
the U.S. election campaign. But
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush-
chev at several points led bursts
of applause from the Communist
bloc and Cuban delegates for Cas-
tro's remarks.
Castro's speech, which also of-
fered support to the Russians in
their attacks on U.N. Secretary-
General Dag Hammarskjold,
capped a day that brought several
developments inside and outside
the U.N. General Assembly's his-
toric 15th session.
Dag Appears r
1. The West mounted a vigor-
ous counteroffensive against
Khrushchev, accusing him of giv-
ing lip service to the U.N. while
deliberately trying to destroy it.
2. Secretary-General Hammar-
skjold, main target of Khrush-
chev's attacks, made an unex-
pected appearance on the assem-
bly stage and characterised the
Soviet campaign against his of-
fire as an assault on the whole in-
stitution. The Communist bloc
delegates thumped their desks
with their fists, laughing uproari-
ously when Hammarskjold fin-
ished. in what Khrushchev later
called a gesture" of "protest.”
Khrushchev, smarting from a
diplomatic defeat in the Congo,
wants Hammarskjold's job abol-
ished and a three-man executive
—with veto powers for each-in
its place
Ike Sere Leaders
S. President Eisenhower let it
be known he fully endorses Ham-
marskjold's views. The President
in New York for an address to a
Catholic charities organisation.
tains Soak
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MIAMI, Fla. (AP)—A gusty, closer eye on him:
hail-laden thunderstorm did spot-
ty damage and touched off un-
confirmed reports at a small tor-
nado here Monday.
Plate glass windows were blown
out at a Biscayne Blvd. depart-
ment store and office. A house-
holder said a gust wrecked a win-
dow and partition of his home.
Last February in 32nd District
Court in Colorado City, he slipped
away from the third floor court-
room shortly before a jury con-
victed him on the pistol charge. He
was captured three days later
at a roadblock near Pecos.
Just a few weeks earlier, he
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had destroyed jail property in
what officers had called an at-
tempted jail break.
Back in 1952, he fled from Mit.
chell County’s old jail.
He sawed his way out of a Big
Spring jail in 1954, the same
year be was wounded in a gun
battle at Colorado City while on
the run from police.
His prison term on the gun
charge was cut short by good
behavior, and he notified Colorado
City Police when he returned
there last week.
Then Friday be showed up hi
Abilene, where his wife, Mrs. Jo
Leach of 1617 S. 11th St., is liv.
General soaking rains Monday
helped quench the thirst of dry
Abilene area land, but — in Abi-
lene anyway — ail - important
lakes remained static during the
slow fall.
Knox City reported the biggest
fall up to 10 p.m. Monday with I
inches. The reading was followed
closely by a 1.90 measurement
at 426 Poplar St in Abilene and
numerous showings of over an
inch.
Good mine were reported at
the three city lakes. Fort
Phantom Hill, Abilene, and Kirby,
but as Water Supt. L. A Grimes
explained it, the fall has been
slow thus there has been little
runoff for the lakes to catch
Lakekeepers reported creeks
running slightly but the lake
levels are not expected to rise
much,
Ibe official measurement of
Abilene’s rain by the Weather
Bureau stood at 110 at 10:30
This was borne out by reports
received at the Reporter-News
Sweetwater reported M while
Colorado City reported 06 and
Snyder, .02,
(A truck driver reported to
Sweetwater Monday afternoon
that he observed hands to the
field picking cotton just west of
Colorado City. At the time a hard
shower was falling in Sweet-
water.)
The Weather Bureau expects
occasional twin to continue Tues-
day, with general clearing setting
in Tuesday afternoon. "Partly
cloudy and a little warmer" to
the forecast for Wednesday.
The most moisture appeared to
be centered around Abilene, An-
Bee RAIN, Pg. S-A, Col. I
took the opportunity to see a num-
ber of the leaders of governments
who are attending the U.S. ses-
sion. He saw Prime Minister Neh-
ru of India in what was described
as a “cordial" meeting at the
President's Waldorf Towers suite,
and was reported to have
stressed to Nehru the Importance
of arriving at some world disar-
mament agreement.
Khrushchev has said there ran
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD—Pastors and laymen from Baptist churches through-
out the state began registering here Monday for the 20th annual Texas Baptist
Brotherhood Convention, meeting at the First Baptist Church and the University
Baptist Church. Left to right are the Rev. Clifford Spencer, Wink the Rev. James
Allison, Rotan; and C. A. Rich Jr., West Columbia. Nearly 2.000 men and boys
are expected to attend the two-day meeting. _
State Brotherhood
be no disarmament agreement-
and that the cold war will deep _ .• D •
en—unless his ideas shout ripping Convention begins
up the secretariat structure of theCIV CERIRCAS 9S
U.N. are considered.
President Eisenhower also saw
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of
NEWS INDEX
WEATHER
U. S. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
(Weather Map, Pr. 11-A)
And was picked up on the simple
assault charge later.
Judge Weir said Monday after-
noon he had planned to hold a
hearing for Leach, and if the facts
warranted it, put H---
$1,000 peace bond.
p.m. Dyess AFB reported 83 at
to p.m. The bureau measurement
at noon was 54.
The Weather Bureau reported
the rain, caused by low pressure
aloft and moist air moving in
him under "hewerS t dint etend very
SECTION A
oil news .........
Amusements
SECTION B
Obituaries ......
Women’s news ....
Sports ............
Editorials ..........
Comics ..........
Redie-TV tops ......
Form news .......
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... 11
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4. 5
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the United Arab Republic, anoth-
er leading voice among the so-
called neutralist nations, and out-
lined to the Arab leader his rea-
sons for opposing Khrushchevs
campaign to abolish the job of the
U.N. secretary-general. There was
no immediate indication whether
Nehru and Nasser would support
the United States in its opposition
to Khrushchev’s plans.
U.S. Blasted
Castro tock the U.N. stage in
the afternoon, promised to try to
be “brief,” and went on for hours
with a long diatribe against the
United States. At one point, the
Cuban leader told the delegates he
"would welcome a revolution tin
other Latin-American countries)
which would force the American
Evangelist John Edmund Hag-
gai urged some 1.400 persons at-
tending the 10th annual Texas
Baptist Brotherhood Convention
here Monday night to make Christ
the measure of their stature.
Keynoting the opening session
of the 2 • day meeting, the Louis-
ville. Ky., evangelist said all men
compare themselves with other
men.
"But the reel measure of your
size is how you compare with the
life of Christ. Money and material
goods,” he said, "are what most
of us consider important But the
really important thing is the soul."
Another principal session Tues-
day morning will feature an ad-
dress by former U. S. Senator Josh
Lee of Oklahoma A business ses-
sion at 11 a m will include a
resolutions committee report and
the election of new officers.
ABILENE AND VICINITY (Radius: 40
miles) — Cloudy and cool with occasional
rain Tuesday generally clearing Tutaday
afternoon. Partly cloudy and a little warm-
er Wednesday. High Tuesday, 75. low
... a . . Tuesday night 60; high Wednesday, the
mons University’s Rose Field low «•
House at 5:0 p.m. EM"IEAPTRLNL O ==
Principal speakers for the con- IoTeang
cluding session Tuesday night at Peratur."T2AA * 7 size* "
the University Baptist Church will NORTHWESTERN TEXAS - Clear to
u r Brother partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday;
include H v. Sivels, Brother- occasional showers southeast portion Tues,
hood secretary for New Mexico Me %
Baptist, and Dr. C. Wade Free- so
man, evengelism director for Tex-
as Baptist. ---—-—--E
becue is scheduled at Hardin-Sim-
Speaking at the First Baptist
Church Monday night on the sub.
ject, “God’s Tall Men." Haggai
reminded the men that the mid-
dle letter of sin and pride is
“I.”
showers northeast and extreme north
portions and partly cloudy elsewhere:
Wednesday partly cloudy; no important
temperature changes: highest Tuesday 80
to 8s.
TEMPERATURES
Mon. a.m.
S.i:
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monopolists to give up their ill-
gotten gains."
Castro then launched into an Brotherhood officers win be con-
See CASTRO, Pg. SA, Col. I ducted Tuesday afternoon. A bar-
Leadership training sessions for
"When man has a Cross exper-
ience it changes the "i" to a
plus sign of abundant living The
Cross-bar,” he said, "is horizontal
and exttends around the world
“No man,” said the barrel-
chested evangelist "is fully his
65.
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